Veronese: Gods, Heroes and Allegories - Hardcover

Filippo Pedrocco; Giandomenico Romanelli

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8884918685 ISBN 13: 9788884918680

Publisher: Skira Editore, 2004

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Synopsis:

Paolo Caliari - better known as Veronese - is the "profane" painter par excellence. Veronese gave expression to a secular and progressive vision that brought him into direct collision with the Church hierarchy, to the point of becoming a true symbol of modern art. This catalogue brings together a series of paintings by the 16th-century Italian artist emphasizing the spectacular component of Veronese's work which in turn reveals multiple facets of Venetian life. This sumptuous exhibition catalogue aims to underline the profane aspect of the artist, leaving aside Veronese the painter of religious works and altarpieces. Not that this activity is considered of less importance, but simply because these paintings, however splendid, are less characteristic of the man. This does not mean, of course, that his paintings of Biblical subjects will be excluded, for Veronese approached holy scripture in the same spirit as the "profane" storyteller, choosing to bring out the emotional aspects of the Bible rather than the symbolic and evocative ones as other Venetian artists of his time were to do.

As revealed in this richly illustrated volume, Veronese is the quintessence of the great classicism that exalted drawing and color, magnificence and quality, that aimed to organize the episodes represented in a grandiose manner and to bring out the profound self-awareness of the subjects of his portraits.

About the Author:

Pierluigi De Vecchi is professor of iconography and iconology at the University of Milan. His most recent publication is Botticelli (Skira 2003).
Giandomenico Romanelli is director of the Musei Veneziani.
Claudio Strinati is chief curator of the Polo Museale Romano.

About this edition

• Publisher: Skira Editore
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 8884918685
• ISBN 13: 9788884918680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184